General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CASE WITH GLASS WINDOWS AND METAL HARDWARE/ BRASS FEET, KNOBS, PILLARS, ARRESTMENT MECHANISM, SUPPORT BARS/ "FRENCH IVORY" DOOR PULLS, TOP OF ARRESTMENT MECHANISM RESTS, AND SCALE/ FELT PADDING UNDER GLASS FLOOR/ AGATE END KNIVES & PLANES/ VELVET PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

42.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

53.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OERTLING

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1960S.

Canada

USED WITH WEIGHTS 970094 TO 970096 BY THE COMMISSONERS OF THE ANNUAL "TRIAL OF THE PYX" AT THE CANADIAN MINT TO ANALYSE THE SILVER CONTENT OF A SAMPLE OF SILVER DOLLARS, MADE AT THE MINT, TO DETERMINE THAT A MINUMUM WEIGHT OF SILVER IS MAINTAINED.

Function

USED TO MEASURE THE MASS OF QUANTITIES TO A VERY PRECISE AND ACCURATE LEVEL.

Technical

USED WITH ASSAY WEIGHTS TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF PRECIOUS METALS. THIS ONE WAS TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE "TRIALOF THE PYX"

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ETCHED ON PILLAR BASE: 'L. Oertling/ London [IN CURSIVE]'/ SCALE '10' TO '0' TO '10'/ ETCHED ON UNATTACHED PLAQUE: 'TRIAL OF THE PYX'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BOXES: 'PANS' 'SUSPENSERIES/ HANDLE WITH CARE'/ STICKER ON BACK: 'INDUSTRY CANADA/ [BAR CODE]/ 971082'

Missing

BEAM/ POINTER/ STIRRUPS FOR PANS

Finish

WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED/ UNCOLOURED GLASS/ GREEN FELT/ LACQUERED METAL

Decoration

N/A